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| Rule General Information |
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| Release Date: | 2018-04-16 | |
| Rule Name: | WEB-SERVER Apache httpd mod_cache_socache Denial of Service Vulnerability -3 (CVE-2018-1303) | |
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| Rule Protection Details |
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| Description: | A specially crafted HTTP request header could have crashed the Apache HTTP Server prior to version 2.4.30 due to an out of bound read while preparing data to be cached in shared memory. It could be used as a Denial of Service attack against users of mod_cache_socache. The vulnerability is considered as low risk since mod_cache_socache is not widely used, mod_cache_disk is not concerned by this vulnerability. | |
| Impact: | An attacker can launch a denial of service attack by exploiting the vulnerability successfully. | |
| Affected OS: | Network Device, Solaris, FreeBSD, Windows, Mac OS, iOS, Other Unix, Linux, Others, Android | |
| Reference: | http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/03/24/3 SecurityFocusBID:103522 SecurityTrackerID:1040572 https://httpd.apache.org/security/vulnerabilities_24.html https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4164 |
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| Solutions |
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| Upgrade to version 2.4.30 to solve the problem. |